Nov 13, 2019

Candid; Southeastern Council of Foundations;

Southeastern Council of Foundations (SECF) partnered with Candid to develop key findings that highlight data and trends on philanthropy in the South. This edition of the Trends Report captures the 50-year history of SECF, focused on the ways Southern philanthropy has changed since its founding in 1969. The data presented here tells a powerful story. In the last five decades, Southern philanthropy has grown significantly by every measure.A region where giving was once dominated by family foundations is now host to a diverse network of funders, including some who did not even exist 50 years ago. That change shows no signs of slowing, either–this century alone has seen significant growth in assets and giving.Overall, the information provided here shows that Southern philanthropy is stronger than ever–and more ready than ever to transform communities and improve lives.

Sep 12, 2016

Foundation Center; Seattle International Foundation;

This fact sheet describes U.S. foundation funding in the larger context of funding by U.S. foundations for international causes more generally.

Sep 12, 2016

Foundation Center; Seattle International Foundation;

This fact sheet describes U.S. foundation funding in the larger context of funding by U.S. foundations for international causes more generally.

Jan 01, 2016

Foundation Center; Human Rights Funders Network;

A document outlining the working definition of human rights grantmaking: what this term means, what the goals of human rights grantmaking are, and the various categories of human rights.

Jan 01, 2015

Florida Philanthropic Network; Foundation Center;

Florida is home to over 5,300 grantmaking foundations spanning all types—Private independent or family, corporate, community, and operating—sizes, and issue areas. In 2013, these grantmakers awarded just over $1.5 billion to charitable causes and held close to $25 billion in assets. Education, health, and human services were the top priorities of Florida grantmakers. Including bequests and giving by individuals, charitable giving by Floridians totaled $16.3 billion. This fact sheet summarizes the key findings from the report Giving in Florida, 2015.

Jan 01, 2014

Foundation Center;

Key Facts on U.S. Foundations provides you with what you need to know about the scale of the nation's foundation community and the grantmaking priorities of the largest foundations. This report is produced annually by Foundation Center's research team.

Jan 01, 2014

Foundation Center;

In 2012 the U.S. was home to 86,192 foundations with $715 billion in assets and $52 billion in giving. This factsheet outlines the key facts associated with this giving.

Jan 01, 2014

Foundation Center; Human Rights Funders Network;

El Avance de los Derechos Humanos: Actualización sobre la Situación Mundial de Donativos de las Fundaciones explora los donativos para Derechos Humanos por donante, región, tema y enfoque de población en 2011 y también proporciona un resumen de los cambios principales en las subvenciones entre 2010 y 2011. Año con año, los cambios en los niveles de donativos pueden ser influenciados por una o por algunas fundaciones y/o por un conjunto de donativos muy grandes y afectan a aquéllas subvenciones que representan pequeñas porciones del total de dólares otorgados o, del número de donativos totales. Por consiguiente, los lectores deben ser cautelosos en sacar conclusiones a largo plazo sobre los cambios en las prioridades de los donativos basados en cambios de un solo año.

Jan 01, 2014

Foundation Center;

Advancing Human Rights: Update on Global Foundation Grantmaking examine le subventionnement des droits humains en fonction du bailleur de fonds, de la région, du thème, et de la population visée en 2011 et fournit également un aperçu des principaux changements dans les dons entre 2010 et 2011. Les fluctuations d'année en année dans les niveaux de subventionnement peuvent être influencées par une ou quelques fondations et/ou un petit nombre de subventions très importantes, en particulier concernant des questions qui représentent des parts de dollars de subventions et de subventions qui sont dans l'ensemble relativement petites. Par conséquent, les lecteurs devraient faire preuve de prudence en tirant des conclusions à long terme sur les changements des priorités dans le subventionnement en fonction des changements d'une seule année.

Nov 05, 2013

Foundation Center; Monitor Deloitte;

This report was produced through a joint research project of the Monitor Institute and the Foundation Center. The research included an extensive literature review on collaboration in philanthropy, detailed analysis of trends from a recent Foundation Center survey of the largest U.S. foundations, interviews with 37 leading philanthropy professionals and technology experts, and a review of over 170 online tools.The report is a story about how new tools are changing the way funders collaborate. It includes three primary sections: an introduction to emerging technologies and the changing context for philanthropic collaboration; an overview of collaborative needs and tools; and recommendations for improving the collaborative technology landscape.This key findings document outlines key themes from this research and serves as a companion piece to the full report.

Jun 20, 2013

Foundation Center; Human Rights Funders Network;

This document presents some of the key findings from the report, "Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking."Foundation funding for human rights comes from scores of large and small grantmakers located around the world.Some of these foundations are well known for their human rights focus, while others may think of themselves as "social justice" or "progressive social change" funders. Still other foundations do not explicitly support human rights or social change. But all of the foundations included in the Advancing Human Rights: The State of Global Foundation Grantmaking report share one commonality: they have made at least one recent grant for organizations or specific efforts that seek to advance human rights based on the human rights definition adopted for this report -- a definition consistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first United Nations declaration to outline the basic rights and fundamental freedoms to which all human beings are entitled. Many of the foundations in this study have made dozens or hundreds of grants to advance human rights.The Foundation Center and the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) have partnered on this first-ever examination of global human rights grantmaking. Our goal is to build understanding of the current landscape of foundation support for human rights and begin to track changes in its scale and priorities and trends going forward. Grantmakers seeking human rights funding partners and learning opportunities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and allies working in the human rights sphere, and bilateral and multilateral organizations undertaking complementary human rights endeavors will all be well served by this research. For those considering human rights-related grantmaking for the first time, this publication offers an accessible introduction to the field.Through the ongoing collaboration between the Foundation Center and IHRFG, with the assistance of Ariadne/European Human Rights Funders Network, the International Network of Women's Funds (INWF), and other grantmaker networks and individual foundations, the Advancing Human Rights Initiative will provide knowledge resources to help secure and strengthen the rights of innumerable people around the world.

Jan 01, 2013

Foundation Center;

Key Facts on U.S. Foundations provides you with what you need to know about the scale of the nation's foundation community and the grantmaking priorities of the largest foundations. This report is produced annually by the Foundation Center's research team.

Jan 01, 2013

Foundation Center;

This fact sheet outlines foundation giving for social and cultural rights worldwide. Social and cultural rights include the right to participate in the cultural life of a community and engage in community duties essential to free and full development. They also include freedom of religion, the right to pursue one's cultural traditions, right to a livelihood, and freedom to marry the partner of one's choosing.

Aug 30, 2012

Foundation Center;

The Foundation Center has released the new 2012 editions of its essential fact sheets on corporate and community foundations. These brief reports provide critical statistics on the resources and giving priorities of these distinct types of U.S. grantmakers. Key findings from the reports include:Corporate foundation giving grew fastest across foundation types, increasing 6 percent in 2011Community foundation giving remained basically unchanged in 2011"Community foundations showed the fastest growth in foundation giving for many years," noted Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center. "But in the aftermath of the economic crisis, it has been corporate foundations that have rebounded most quickly."Findings presented in Key Facts on Corporate Foundations and Key Facts on Community Foundations come from the Foundation Center's tracking of fiscal and programmatic information on the nation's more than 76,000 grantmaking foundations, annual surveys of leading grantmakers, and analyses of the giving patterns of over 1,300 of the nation's largest foundations.

Aug 30, 2012

Foundation Center;

The Foundation Center has released the new 2012 editions of its essential fact sheets on corporate and community foundations. These brief reports provide critical statistics on the resources and giving priorities of these distinct types of U.S. grantmakers. Key findings from the reports include:Corporate foundation giving grew fastest across foundation types, increasing 6 percent in 2011Community foundation giving remained basically unchanged in 2011"Community foundations showed the fastest growth in foundation giving for many years," noted Steven Lawrence, director of research at the Foundation Center. "But in the aftermath of the economic crisis, it has been corporate foundations that have rebounded most quickly."Findings presented in Key Facts on Corporate Foundations and Key Facts on Community Foundations come from the Foundation Center's tracking of fiscal and programmatic information on the nation's more than 76,000 grantmaking foundations, annual surveys of leading grantmakers, and analyses of the giving patterns of over 1,300 of the nation's largest foundations.